Together in this (approximately) 5-hour course on fostering learning online we will look to identify ways of bridging your face-to-face teaching practices to an online learning environment. Critical elements of effective teaching (motivation, communication, and administration) don’t change when you relocate to a virtual classroom environment. The approaches we use to include them DO. This course will help you develop techniques that will protect these elements when you shift to your online classroom.  

This is a short course, which will span 1 week. It is recommended that you allocate approximately 1-hour a day to engage in asynchronous activities. There will be a 1 hour (approximately) live meet-up on the final day. 

Registration is limited to 12 participants and is for Lakehead University faculty and teaching staff. This course runs from July 20th - 24th.  Additional details will be provided to registrants prior to July 20th.

Download the Course Program (Lakehead login required)

Registration Link: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3558666

This session will provide an overview of the learning environment and how to use the various tools in mycourselink/D2L to effectively structure your online site to simplify class management and enrich course experiences for students.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the workshop.

Are you interested in bringing experiential learning into your courses? Join this webinar with Riipen to learn about Lakehead University's new experiential learning partnership, and how you can get support to bring external partners into in-class projects.

Riipen is the world's leading virtual project-based learning platform that connects university and college students to organizations (both for-profit and not-for-profit) through customizable online experiential learning that complements traditional co-ops and internships. Based in Vancouver and Toronto, Riipen offers experiential learning across North America; in 2017, Riipen connected 12,000 students to organizations to work on curricular-based projects in areas including finance, human resources, consulting, supply chain management, and more.

In this virtual session, we'll provide background information on how Riipen supports experiential learning, a brief overview of the online platform that facilitates this, subject-specific examples, and leave time for questions and feedback.

Register at https://info.riipen.com/lakehead-webinar to join the discussion.

Join our partners from eCampusOntario at this kick-off session that will introduce participants to a week-long virtual H5P sprint. During this week you’ll get hands-on with H5P, meet and collaborate with other educators in your field, and get a chance to show-off some of your best H5P creations.

What's H5P?

H5P (or HTML 5 Package) is an open-source tool that allows content authors to easily create interactive content for their courses or other instructional projects. eCampusOntario provides access to “H5P Studio” for Ontario post-secondary educators and students to create, share, and discover interactive learning objects.

To learn more about his event and to register, visit: https://openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/h5p-sprint/

The Ontario Council for University Lifelong Learning is pleased to present a panel presentation on virtual experiential learning approaches.  

Panel includes: 

• Dana Stephenson, co-founder and CEO, Riipen
• Patricia Orozco, Master Lecturer, Work-Integrated Education Coordinator, Laurentian University
• Christina Dinsmore, Associate Director, Experiential Learning & Programming, Queen’s University

Recent global events have restricted opportunities for students to experience standard internships and project-based learning in the classroom. This panel presentation will look at innovative approaches to create virtual internship and project-based learning opportunities. Join us to explore some ways we can remotely create and support professional work experience for our traditional and non-traditional students.

To access the Webinar, go to https://edc.blindsidenetworks.net/edc/

Room: OCULL
Password: student

Note: This meeting may be recorded.

To join this meeting by phone, dial:
1-613-317-3321 (1-855-215-5935 toll free)
Then enter 22857 as the conference pin number.

Join Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate, Dr. Ron Owston, for a free webinar focusing on:

• How to use Zoom effectively to engage with and involve students in their learning;
• How to use Zoom, not just to deliver lectures or make one-way presentations to students, but to facilitate small group work, class challenges, and student presentations;
• How to move from talking head to active learning with Zoom;
• How to make learning valuable and successful when teaching via Zoom, and;
• What are the “top tips” users have from using Zoom for teaching.

Register for this webinar.

Register Early as previous sessions sold out!

Introduction to mycourselink/D2L and other ED Tech

Friday, April 24

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Register to receive the Zoom link: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3547093

Introduction to mycourselink/D2L and other ED Tech

Friday, April 24

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Register to receive the Zoom link: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3547092

Creating Accessible Documents (Word, Word to PDF, PPT)

Thursday, April 23, 2020

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Please register to receive Zoom link: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3547072

Accessible Education (SAS)

Thursday, April 23, 2020

10:00 - 11:00 am